Gov. Newsom Announces New CalVet Secretary

SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gavin Newsom May 26 announced the appointment of Lindsey Sin as secretary of the California Department of Veterans Affairs.
Lindsey Sin, of Sacramento, as the secretary of the California Department of Veterans Affairs, has served in several roles since 2011, including deputy secretary of communications and deputy secretary of Women Veterans Affairs. She was a veterans benefits advisor at California State University, Sacramento from 2010 to 2011. Sin was lead veterans affairs coordinator at American River College from 2008 to 2010. She served as a cryptologic technician interpretive in the Arabic language at the rank of petty officer First Class with Naval Aviation Warfare and Naval Aircrew designations in the United States Navy from 1997 to 2005. Sin earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from California State University, Sacramento, and a Master of Business Administration in Entrepreneurship from Drexel University. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $232,858. Sin is a Democrat.    

The Governor also announced the following appointments:  

Rickey Ivie, of Los Angeles, has been reappointed to the Commission on Judicial Performance, where he has served since 2021. Ivie is a founding member of Ivie McNeill Wyatt Purcell & Diggs, where he has been a director since 1980. Ivie is a member of the John M. Langston Bar Association, Consumer Attorneys of California, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, National Bar Association, Alliance for College Ready Education and UCLA Black Alumni Association. Ivie is a director on the Board of the Brotherhood Crusade. He earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Ivie is a Democrat.

H. “Kit” Miyamoto, of Los Angeles, has been reappointed to the Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission, where he has served since 2011. Miyamoto has been president of nonprofit Miyamoto Global Disaster Relief since 2011 and a global CEO of Miyamoto International since 1997. Miyamoto earned a Doctor of Engineering degree in structural engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, a Master of Science degree in civil engineering from California State University, Sacramento and a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from California State University, Chico. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Miyamoto is registered without party preference.